After School Story Hours, Pre-K Story Time, Holly Day, and lots more.
Category «Events»
Pre-School Story Hour
Tuesdays, September 17 – December 17
10-11am
in the Children’s Room
10-11am
in the Children’s Room
Preschool Story Hour with Miss Celeste is geared toward children between the ages of two and five.
Join us for picture books, activities, songs and a craft!
Annual Public Reading by the Stone Ridge Library Writers
Friday, September 20
7-9pm
Marbletown Community Center
Free and open to the public
The writers invite you to celebrate the Autumn Equinox and their seventh year together. Please join them for an evening of poetry and prose.
The Stone Ridge Library Writers are: Catherine Arra, Facilitator, Frank Boyer, Jude-Laure Denis, Eric Stewart, Fay Loomis, Cliff Mallery, Mike Polcari, Carol Shank, José Sotolongo, Lisa St.
“My Betsey”: The Remarkable Wife of Alexander Hamilton
Sunday, September 22
2:00-4:00 pm
Stone Ridge Library Activity Room
Elizabeth Schuyler (Eliza) Hamilton may be unknown to you unless you’ve seen the current Broadway production about her husband, “Hamilton,” or read Ron Chernow’s best-selling biography about him and his role in the formation of our country.
Fall Art Exhibit & Sale – Art and Artifacts from the Collection of Sidney and Brenda Reiss
Art Café & Sale – October 12, 11-3 at the Library
Beginning September 21, our fall exhibit will feature art and artifacts donated by Brenda Reiss from the collection of items she and her late husband Sidney found on their many travels.
TEA TIME Book Group
Wednesday, October 9
4pm in the Activity Room
The reading selection for October is Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. Captain Charles Ryder returns to the country estate of Brideshead. There he indulges in a sentimental journey that takes him back twenty years to his schoolmates at Oxford and to his seduction by the Marchmains, a great Anglo-Catholic family.
HOLMES & CO. Mystery Lovers Book Group
CLIO’S MUSE – A History Reading Club
Saturday, November 2
12:45pm in the Activity Room
12:45pm in the Activity Room
The reading selection for November is Jane Austen’s England by Roy and Lesley Adkins. This non fiction book explores the customs and culture of everyday existence depicted in the England of Austen’s classic novels.
Conversational French with Claudine Brenner
Tuesday, September 17, October 15
1:30-2:30pm
Biography Room
Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in.
Conversational Spanish
Tuesday, October 22
1:30
Reference Room
“Hola! This group meets to speak Spanish in an inviting, friendly setting. Topics vary depending on what folks want to talk about – travel, personal experiences, current events, community events and places, etc. All levels of experience with Spanish invited, but basic Spanish skills are required.
POETRY with Rosemary Deen
Thursday, September 12, 26
1.30-3:30 in the Bio Room
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Our meetings are held the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
Stone Ridge Library Writers’ Group with Cathy Arra
GROUP I:
Monday, September 9, 23
4:00-6:30pm
GROUP II:
Monday, September 16, 30
4:00-6:30pm
Two separate writers’ groups meet on alternate Mondays in the Activity Room of the Library, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group. This program is designed for those who are actively writing and publishing work and who want to participate in a structured critical feedback process.
KNITTING GROUP
Every Saturday
10am-noon
in the Activity Room
The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am – 12noon. All ages and experience levels can jo in us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you’re likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you’re going with a project.
MAHJONG
Every Friday at 10am
in the Activity Room
Beginners are welcome to join our Mahjong group. Register on line on the calendar or at the Circulation Desk in the Library, or just walk in. We will be meeting every Friday at 10am.